Brian Markinson (born September 1, 1961) is an American actor who has
appeared in a wide variety of films and television shows. Some of
Markinson's best known roles include a U.S. Attorney General in
Shooter, an unscrupulous industrialist in Godzilla, and a supporting
role in Angels in America.Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1961,
Markinson trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and
subsequently graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in
1983. He married Canadian Nancy Kerr, and their sons Isaac and Evan
were both born in Los Angeles in the late 1990s. In 1999 the family
moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, where they have resided
since.Throughout his career, Markinson has appeared in many American
and Canadian film and television projects. He frequently plays either
an authority figure or a calculating or menacing villain. One of his
most prominent roles was as Police Chief Bill Jacobs on Da Vinci's
Inquest and Da Vinci's City Hall. He has also appeared on Continuum,
Arctic Air, Traveler, NCIS, The L Word, NYPD Blue, Psych,
Supernatural, Touching Evil, Taken, Dark Angel, UC: Undercover,
Stargate SG-1, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space
Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, The X-Files, Millennium, Mad Men, Fargo, the
TV film Lucky 7. Markinson was a favorite of Mike Nichols, having
appeared in more than six of the late director's projects, including
the film Charlie Wilson's War. Markinson is also a stage actor, having
performed both on Broadway, Off-Broadway and in regional theatres
across Canada; On Broadway, he replaced Kevin Spacey in Lost In
Yonkers and in 2016, he led the revival of Tony Kushner's Angels in
America at the Arts Club Theatre Company in Vancouver.
appeared in a wide variety of films and television shows. Some of
Markinson's best known roles include a U.S. Attorney General in
Shooter, an unscrupulous industrialist in Godzilla, and a supporting
role in Angels in America.Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1961,
Markinson trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and
subsequently graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in
1983. He married Canadian Nancy Kerr, and their sons Isaac and Evan
were both born in Los Angeles in the late 1990s. In 1999 the family
moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, where they have resided
since.Throughout his career, Markinson has appeared in many American
and Canadian film and television projects. He frequently plays either
an authority figure or a calculating or menacing villain. One of his
most prominent roles was as Police Chief Bill Jacobs on Da Vinci's
Inquest and Da Vinci's City Hall. He has also appeared on Continuum,
Arctic Air, Traveler, NCIS, The L Word, NYPD Blue, Psych,
Supernatural, Touching Evil, Taken, Dark Angel, UC: Undercover,
Stargate SG-1, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space
Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, The X-Files, Millennium, Mad Men, Fargo, the
TV film Lucky 7. Markinson was a favorite of Mike Nichols, having
appeared in more than six of the late director's projects, including
the film Charlie Wilson's War. Markinson is also a stage actor, having
performed both on Broadway, Off-Broadway and in regional theatres
across Canada; On Broadway, he replaced Kevin Spacey in Lost In
Yonkers and in 2016, he led the revival of Tony Kushner's Angels in
America at the Arts Club Theatre Company in Vancouver.
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